Apple's M5 Ultra and M6 chips show significant GPU performance gains in early Geekbench 7 benchmarks, with the M5 Ultra achieving 59% higher Metal scores than the M3 Ultra and the M6 showing 34% improvement over the M5. New Mac Studio and Mac mini models featuring these chips launch Tuesday.
Apple's M5 Ultra chip achieved Geekbench 7 scores of 3,774 single-core and 52,516 multi-core, representing approximately 30-35% performance gains over the M3 Ultra and aligning with Apple's claimed 1.25-1.3× improvements. The new Mac Studio with M5 Ultra starts at $6,799 and launches September 22.
Apple's M5 Ultra chip achieved a 6x multi-core performance increase compared to the original M1, with a 36-core configuration scoring 52,516 in Geekbench multi-core tests. The M5 Ultra Mac Studio, priced at $10.8K for the tested configuration, represents the company's continued success with Apple Silicon despite industry concerns about talent retention.